SUNDAY, JULY 12, 1981
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UNREGISTERED MEDICINES SEIZED
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FORENSIC PHARMACISTS OF THE MEDICAL AND HEALTH DEPARTMENT SEIZED A LARGE QUANTITY OF UNREGISTERED MEDICINES IN A RECENT RAID OF AN UNLICENSED PHARMACEUTICAL WHOLESALER IN CENTRAL.
THE RAID WAS CARRIED OUT AFTER INTENSIVE INVESTIGATIONS BASED ON INFORMATION THAT SOME MEDICINES HAD BEEN ILLEGALLY IMPORTED BY DEALERS FOR LOCAL DISTRIBUTION.
THE SEIZURE OF UNREGISTERED MEDICINES, VALUED AT MORE THAN $200 000, IS BY FAR THE LARGEST MADE BY FORENSIC PHARMACISTS UNDER THE PHARMACY AND POISONS ORDINANCE, WHICH REQUIRES ALL PHARMACEUTICAL PRODUCTS TO BE REGISTERED WITH THE DEPARTMENT BEFORE THEY CAN BE SOLD.
SINCE THE INTRODUCTION OF THIS REQUIREMENT IN JULY 1978, THE FORENSIC PHARMACY SECTION HAS INCREASED ITS MANPOWER TO COPE WITH THE EXTRA WORK,
MEDICINE DEALERS WERE REMINDED BY A SPOKESMAN FOR THE DEPARTMENT THAT ALL PHARMACEUTICAL PRODUCTS AND MEDICINES ON SALE MUST BE REGISTERED WITH THE PHARMACY AND POISONS BOARD.
+DEALERS FOUND SELLING UNREGISTERED PRODUCTS WILL BE PROSECUTED AND THE PRODUCTS SEIZED, HE WARNED.
UNDER THE PHARMACY AND POISONS (AMENDMENT) ORDINANCE 1980, PERSONS IMPORTING OR EXPORTING PHARMACEUTICAL PRODUCTS OR MEDICINES FROM JULY 1, 1981 ARE REQUIRED TO BE REGISTERED WITH THE BOARD, HE POINTED OUT.
+THEY ARE URGED TO SUBMIT APPLICATIONS FOR REGISTRATION AS IMPORTER/EXPORTERS AS SOON AS POSSIBLE IF THEY HAVE NOT ALREADY DONE SO, HE ADDED,
APPLICATION FORMS MAY BE OBTAINED FROM THE PHARMACEUTICALS REGISTRATION SECTION OF THE MEDICAL AND HEALTH DEPARTMENT AT CENTRE POINT BUILDING, 181-185 GLOUCESTER ROAD.
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